A.light, splendour, lustre, “τῆλε δὲ φ. ἀπὸ χροὸς ἀθανάτοιο λάμπε θεᾶς” h.Cer.278; “τὸ φ. τῆς χρόας” Duris 14 J.; “τὸ φ. τῆς δόξης Κυρίου” LXXEz.10.4; φ. ἀστραπῆς ὅπλων ib.Hb.3.11: freq. like φάος, of daylight, either abs. or with some word added, “φ. ἡλίου” A.Pers.377, S.Tr.606, etc.; “τὸ φ. τοῦ θεοῦ” E.Alc.722; without the Art., “φ. εἰσορᾶν θεοῦ” Id.Or.1025, cf. S.Aj.673; ὦ φέγγος ib.859, E.El.866; “ὦ φ. ἡμέρας” A.Ag.1577; δεκάτῳ φέγγει ἔτους in the tenth year, ib.504.
b. moonlight, X.Cyn.5.4; νυκτερινὰ φέγγη, opp. ἡμερινὸν φῶς, Pl.R.508c; “ἐὰν τὸ φ. ἐκλείψῃ” Cat.Cod.Astr.4.172, cf. Nonn.D.38.255; “φῶς ἡμέρας, φέγγος σελήνης” Hsch. s.v. φέγγος; τὸ φ. [τοῦ γάλακτος], of the milky way, Arist.Mete.346a26.
c. of men, φ. ἰδεῖν, προσιδεῖν, to see the light, come into the world, “ἐπεὶ πάμπρωτον εἶδον φ.” Pi.P.4.111; “ἀελίου προσιδεῖν φ.” B.5.162; “λιπεῖν φ.” E.Or.954; “ὄλωλα, φ. οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστι μοι” S.Tr.1144.
2. the light of torches or fire, “φ. λαμπάδων” A.Eu. 1022; πυρός ib.1029, Ch.1037: a light, torch, Ar.Ra.448, X.Smp.1.9; pl. φέγγη torches or watch-fires, Aen.Tact.10.26 (cj.), Plu.Cam.25, etc.
3. the light of the eyes, “φ. ὀμμάτων” E.Hec.368, 1035; “ὄσσων” Theoc.24.75; τυφλὸν φ, i.e. blindness, E.Hec.1068 (lyr.).
II. light, as a metaph. for delight, glory, pride, joy, Pi.P.8.97, N.3.64,4.13; “τί γὰρ γυναικὶ τούτου φ. ἥδιον δρακεῖν, ἀπὸ στρατείας ἀνδρὶ σώσαντος θεοῦ πύλας ἀνοῖξαι;” A.Ag.602; of persons, Pi.N.9.42; “μέγα βροτοῖσι φ. Ἀσκληπιόν” Ar.Pl.640 (lyr.); “Μουσέων φ. Ὅμηρον” AP7.6 (Antip. Sid.); “ὦ ταῖς ἱεραῖς φ. Ἀθήναις” Ar.Eq.1319 (anap.); “πλοῦτος . . ἀνδρὶ φ.” Pi.O.2.56; φ. ὀπώρας, of wine, Id.Fr.153.
2. lustre, “δικαιοσύνης καὶ σωφροσύνης” Pl.Phdr.250b; “φ. ἐλέους” LXX 3 Ma.6.4; “τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ γάνωμα καὶ τὸ φ.” Plu.2.792a, etc.
